Walmart fires t-shirts & # 39; Impeach 45 & # 39; third parties

Walmart Inc. is in the spotlight after its website offered third-party t-shirts with "IMPEACH 45" decorated on the front in large capital letters – a call to overthrow the 45th US president, [19659002] Donald Trump.

Shirts that come in many shades – as well as similar babies and even Frisbees – have the Twitter-spherical frenzy and have encouraged a popular call to boycott the world's largest retailer. The #BoycottWalmart hashtag has even begun to be trendy on Twitter

The t-shirts were not sold by Walmart itself, but by third-party sellers, including Old Glory and Teespring Inc. These sellers may Register on the Walmart website. and the retail giant receives a commission on every sale. As the media started reporting on the shirts, the original lists were no longer available.

"We have more than 10,000 politically inspired T-shirts dealing with all aspects of politics, from liberal thinking to conservative thinking." Old Glory, said. "We are an American company and we are proud to be American, and that's what we do: We sell t-shirts for living."

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Old Glory, which was founded in 1969 and made his T-shirts in Westbrook, Connecticut, received "a few thousand" orders for impeachment garments on Tuesday alone, accounting for about half sales of the day, said Morelli. However, since the president took office, Old Glory has sold more pro-Trump shirts than anti-Trump shirts, he said.

A Walmart spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The website offers a host of other politicized products, including the "IMPEACH OBAMA" and "IMPEACH NIXON" registration plates, although some of these lists also appeared to be removed. Amazon.com Inc. also has tons of knockdown products, including soccer jerseys, tank tops, and "Impeach 45" sweatshirts.

Walmart did not go into hot water for controversial t-shirts for sale on its website. Last year, the retailer came under criticism after a third-party salesman offered t-shirts suggesting killing journalists. The t-shirts read: "Rope, Tree, Journalist, Assembly is Required."

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